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Author Miller, Lauren (Lauren Elizabeth), author.

Title In search of legitimacy : how outsiders become part of an Afro-Brazilian tradition / Lauren Miller Griffith.

Publication Info. New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2016.
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Description 1 online resource
Series Dance and performance studies ; volume 7
Dance and performance studies ; volume 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A Brief History of Capoeira -- The Challenges of Teaching and Learning Capoeira Abroad -- Travel as a Way to Overcome Doubts -- Preparing for the Pilgrimage -- A World in which the Black Brazilian Man Is King -- How the Rest of Us Get Our Foot in the Door -- Does Form Really Matter? -- Will I Ever Be Good Enough? -- Conclusion and Future Directions.
Summary Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why 'first world' men and women leave behind their jobs, families, and friends to pursue a strenuous training regimen in a historically disparaged and marginalized practice. Using the concept of apprenticeship pilgrimage'studying with a local master at a historical point of origin'the author examines how non-Brazilian capoeiristas learn their art and claim legitimacy while navigating the complexities of wealth disparity, racial discrimination, and cultural appropriation.
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Subject Capoeira (Dance) -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Capoeira (Dance) -- Study and teaching -- Brazil.
Visitors, Foreign -- Brazil -- Social conditions.
Culture and tourism -- Brazil.
Black people -- Brazil -- Social life and customs.
GAMES -- Reference.
GAMES -- Travel Games.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Folk.
Black people -- Social life and customs
Capoeira (Dance) -- Social aspects
Culture and tourism
Brazil https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRB9KGtqfkFTFbfB77QY
Other Form: Print version: Griffith, Lauren Miller. In search of legitimacy 9781785330636 (DLC) 2015026949 (OCoLC)927438704
ISBN 9781785330643 (electronic bk.)
1785330640 (electronic bk.)
9781785330636
1785330632

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